Events and Seminars

A Workshop on “Copyrights, Patent, Citation and their Impact Factor” was organized by Society of Social Development & People's Action and Gandhi Peace Foundation, New Delhi on 25th April 2015 at the Gandhi Peace Foundation, New Delhi. The Seminar was designed mainly to develop an understanding of various aspects of IPR like Patents, Copyrights and their Impact Factor. More than 50 participants from different spheres including Industry representatives, faculty members, research scholars and students attended the workshop. Dr. Deepti Gupta, Associate Professor, Department of Information Technology and Dr. Neeraj Bala, Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Science and Humanities from Dronacharya Group of Institutions, Greater Noida attended this workshop as a delegate.

Dr. Neeraj Bala, Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Science and Humanities from Dronacharya Group of Institutions, Greater Noida attended this workshop as a delegate.

The program commenced with the ‘Welcome Address’ by Mr. Anupam Mishra, Member, Gandhi Peace Foundation.

Eminent Speakers Prof. Somen Chakraborty (SDPA), Dr. Bijay K. Sahu, Dy Manager, (IPR) (NRDC) DSIR, Ministry of Science and Technology, GOI, New Delhi, Mr Rajesh Singh, Depty Librarian, Delhi University and Mr. Subrat Birla, Advocate Supreme Court shared their knowledge on process, benefits, precautions and ethics for registration of Intellectual Property for individuals and organizations.

During the morning session Prof. Somen Chakraborty delivered a lecture on “Intellectual Property Rights, Laws and Judicial Decisions”. Prof. Chakraborty discussed about International IP Promotion and Regulation Mechanism and legal aspect of Intellectual Property Right. He clarified that Indian patent law does not allow patenting live material. He further discussed the various categories such as library work, dramatic work, musical work, sound recording, artistic work etc. under which copyrights can be applied for.

Dr. Bijay K. Sahu, delivered lecture on the topic “Role and Importance & Copyrights and Patenting System in 21st Century Knowledge Based Economy” . Dr. Sahu discussed the IPR, R&D and knowledge transfer with reference to University and college research.He discussed the practical steps involved in filing a patent application and waiting period for every stage. He suggested to filing a patent for any invention as it is a source of recognition for inventor, protection against imitators and an incentive to develop commercial product.

In the post lunch session Mr. Rajesh Singh delivered a lecture on "Citation Analysis, h-Index and Impact Factor". Mr. Rajesh focused on the Research Metrics and its benefits with the detail discussion on citation analysis (involves counting the number of times an article is cited by other works to measure the impact of a publication or author) and various databases such as Web of Science, Scopus and Google Scholar to calculate citation index. He also emphasized on the fact that highly cited article does not always mean excellent research.

Mr. Subrat Birla, Advocate Supreme Court delivered a lecture on “Intellectual Property Rights - Various Redressal Mechanisms". Mr. Birla highlighted the kinds of forums such as Copyright Board, District Board and their role to deal with the issues related to copyright.

The workshop came to an end with the interactive session conducted by Mr. Subrat Birla. The participants came out with worthwhile suggestions and feedback. Ms. Radha Bhatt, Chairperson, Gandhi Peace Foundation rendered vote of thanks. Certificates were distributed to all the participants.

The workshop was attended by participants including Industry representatives, faculty members, research scholars and students. It provided an excellent learning opportunity for enhancing knowledge on latest issues related to Intellectual property right.